American Conference Commissioner Tim Pernetti thanks Trump for Army-Navy game executive order

American Conference Commissioner Tim Pernetti praised President Donald Trump aft Trump signed an enforcement bid to support the exclusive broadcasting model for the yearly Army-Navy shot game.

Pernetti expressed the conference's "deep gratitude" for the order.

"The American Conference is profoundly grateful to President Trump for his beardown enactment successful issuing the historical enforcement bid to sphere America’s Game," Pernetti said successful a statement.

"This is simply a meaningful measurement that protects a cherished nationalist contented and reinforces what makes the Army-Navy Game truthful peculiar to our country.

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President Donald Trump holds up a signed enforcement bid during the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy presumption with the Navy Midshipmen shot squad successful the East Room of the White House successful Washington, D.C., March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

"The Army-Navy Game represents acold much than football. It honors our work academies, highlights the quality and committedness of our aboriginal leaders and brings Americans unneurotic astir values that substance deeply, including work and sacrifice.

"This enforcement bid is simply a affirmative measurement for the sport, for our work academies and for the enduring bequest of America’s Game. We are arrogant to beryllium a portion of the squad moving to support it."

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President Donald Trump is escorted onto the tract to instrumentality portion successful the ceremonial coin flip earlier the commencement of a crippled betwixt Army and Navy astatine M&T Bank Stadium successful Baltimore Dec. 13, 2025. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo)

Trump signed the bid Friday arsenic helium presented the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the Navy shot squad successful the East Room of the White House. The bid directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Commerce to coordinate with applicable parties, including the NCAA, the College Football Playoff (CFP) and broadcast partners, to unafraid an exclusive broadcast model for the standalone game.

The enforcement bid came amid increasing concerns that an expanding College Football Playoff calendar could encroach connected the game's accepted date, which since 2009 has been played exclusively connected the 2nd Saturday successful December.

The classical rivalry, archetypal played successful 1890, has been played annually since 1930 and typically draws 7 cardinal to 8 cardinal viewers, making it 1 of the highest-rated regular-season games successful assemblage football. The existent tv statement with CBS Sports runs done 2038.

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President Donald Trump tosses a coin earlier a crippled betwixt the Army and Navy successful Baltimore Dec. 13, 2025.  (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump, who has attended aggregate Army-Navy games arsenic president, framed the determination successful January arsenic an enactment of patriotism, penning connected societal media, "Under my Administration, the 2nd Saturday successful December belongs to Army-Navy, and ONLY Army-Navy!"

As the postseason operation of assemblage shot continues to evolve, this enforcement bid signals a important committedness by the medication to support the standalone grandeur of a matchup defined by the operation "sing second."

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